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We've cleared the air on Labor deal: Milne

Australian Greens leader Christine Milne says she's "cleared the air" by attacking the federal Labor government for walking away from its agreement with the minor party.

Senator Milne has accused Labor of choosing to support big miners and no longer honouring the agreement to work together to promote transparent and accountable government in the national interest.

At the National Press Club on Tuesday, she said it had been very obvious for a while that Labor had walked away from the deal.

Among the examples she cited were the government's refusal to fix the mining tax, its decision to allow mining in the Tarkine in Tasmania, to expand coal seam gas mining and to cut single parent welfare.